Baroque · English

John Blow

1649 to 1708

English Baroque

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Portrait of John Blow
John Blow, gravure de Robert White, 1687
Image: Robert White, Wikimedia Commons, domaine public

A former chorister of the Chapel Royal, John Blow became organist of Westminster Abbey in 1668, Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal in 1674 and master of the choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1687; Henry Purcell, William Croft and Jeremiah Clarke were among his pupils. The composer of the masque Venus and Adonis, he left a body of 48 organ voluntaries and psalm-tune settings, collected in the Musica Britannica series.

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Organ loftsChapel Royal, Westminster Abbey

The repertoire

Works in the project’s repertoire

1 work, available to listen to.

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  • Flagship work

    Voluntaries pour orgue (œuvre d’orgue complète)

    MB 69 · Voluntary

    Compatible English style (voluntaries, solo stops)

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